Category: Hellenistic Judaism
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Artapanus and the Egyptian Moses: Jewish Syncretism in Alexandria
In the study of historical Gnostic religions, one is inevitably drawn towards the period of Graeco-Egyptian syncretism occurring in the wake of Alexander’s Egyptian conquest (c. 300 BCE). My upcoming (and currently under-wraps) research project has been especially dependent upon such study. One surprising element I have regularly encountered in this research is the participation of…
Kegan Chandler, PhD 